Welcome to St Germans Group Parish
Alleluia, Christ is risen
WE EXTEND A SPECIAL WELCOME
to those who are single,
married, divorced, widowed, gay, confused, filthy rich,
comfortable or dirt poor.
We extend a special welcome to
wailing babies and excited toddlers.
We welcome you whether you can
sing like Pavarotti or just growl quietly to yourself.
You’re welcome here if you’re just browsing, just woken
up or just got out of prison. We don’t care if you are
more Christian than the Archbishop of Canterbury, or
haven’t been to church since Christmas ten years ago.
We extend a special welcome to
those who are over 60 but not grown up yet, and to
teenagers who are growing up too fast. We welcome
keep-fit mums, football dads, starving artists,
tree-huggers, latte-sippers, vegetarians, junk-food
eaters. We welcome those in recovery or still addicted.
We welcome you if you are having problems, are down in
the dumps or don’t like ‘organised religion’. (We’re not
too keen on it either!)
We offer a welcome to those who
think that the earth is flat, work too hard, don’t work,
can’t spell, or are here because granny is visiting and
wanted to come to church.
Latest News
July Newsletter
St Germans Group Parish PCC as from 2nd April 2017:
| Permanent members of the PCC |
The Vicar Secretary - Margaret Sylvester-Thorne Treasurer - Fiona Liddicoat |
| Parish Wardens: | Paul Gribble and Matt Frost |
| Church Stewards: |
Downderry: Steve Liddicoat Hessenford: Fiona Bristow Tideford: Matt Frost St Germans: Richard Laugharne |
| PCC members: |
Downderry: Sue
Booth; Andrew Pidgen,
Jenny Daniels
and
Cashiers:Tim Pullin and Sue Pidgen Hessenford: Yvonne Byles, Fran Moore, Cashier: Fiona Bristow St Germans: Chris Bowditch, June Greaves, Evelyn Reed Cashier: Peter Daw Tideford: post vacant Cashier: Ron Bradley |
| Deanery Synod Reps: | Rosemary Stevenson, Margaret Sylvester-Thorne, David Watters |
Next Meeting of the PCC
6th August 10.45am at St Nicolas, Downderry
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Home Group
10.30am for coffee
Messy Church in St Germans
- in partnership with the
Methodist Church
Messy Church will meet on the third Saturday 15th July at 3pm in St Germans Priory
All children and their accompanying adults are
very welcome - and help on the day from our
parishioners very welcome too!
Messy Church...
- is a way of being church
for families involving fun
- is a church, not a craft
club, that helps people encounter Jesus as Lord and
Saviour
- is found across the world
- values are about being
Christ-centred, for all ages, based on creativity,
hospitality and celebration
Please contact Evelyn Reed (01503 230449) for more information, and also if you are able to help.............
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Parish Praise
our next monthly services of informal worship for all the family
9th July at 11am at St Germans Priory
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St Germans Priory Trust
Chris Cook,
and Bob Foulkes.
Board of Priory Trustees
Vice Chair - Fiona Bristow
Secretary - Evelyn Reed
Support Officer - Jo Rimron
Malcolm Cross, Chris
Bowditch,
You
will have read in the press that the need is greater than
ever - so please keep the contributions coming in.
How can you help the Foodbank? As usual there always some shortages, currently: Fruit Juice (long life), UHT or Dried Milk, toilet rolls and toiletries, dried potato (Smash), Instant Coffee, tinned fruit and veg and jams
However,
money
is becoming a continuing issue,
and it is becoming a common problem throughout all of
Cornwall’s Foodbanks. All are having to react to
an increase in demand; and although food is being donated in
increasing volumes covering the demand, the costs related to
sustaining larger Foodbanks is becoming a challenge. So, the
real requirement now is cash.
If you could help through regular
donations we would be extremely grateful. Setting up a
Standing Order is ideal, but any donation would be
wonderful. We can also take donations CAF and Stewardship
schemes.
If you can help please contact the
Liskeard & Looe Foodbank.
Tel: 07512
011452. email:
liskeard.foodbank@gmail.com
Last year (2016) St Germans Group donated 495.7kg. This is more than twice what was donated in 2015. The Foodbank thanks all living in the parish who have donated so generously - and are continuing to do so...........
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East Wivelshire
The area of the Diocese of Truro area is that of the county of Cornwall including the Isles of Scilly. It was formed on 15 December 1876 from the Archdeaconry of Cornwall in the Diocese of Exeter. It is therefore one of the younger dioceses.
The diocese is divided into two archdeaconries:
- the Archdeaconry of Bodmin (est. 1878): includes Deaneries of Trigg Minor and Bodmin, East Wivelshire, Stratton, Trigg Major, and West Wivelshire
- the Archdeaconry of Cornwall: includes Deaneries of St Austell, Carnmarth North, Carnmarth South, Kerrier, Penwith, Powder and Pydar
Rural deaneries
The names of the older deaneries (before 1875) are based on those of the ancient hundreds though the boundaries do not always correspond. The deaneries created in 1875 in the episcopate of Frederick Temple were Bodmin, Stratton, St Austell, and Carnmarth. These remained unchanged until Carnmarth was divided; later still in the 1980s some alterations of boundaries occurred. Chronological Sequence:
Estwevelsire, 1259; Estwyvelschyre, 1291; Estwevelschire, 1366; Easte, 1672; East, 1847, 1980; East Wivelshire, 1997, 2009.
Parishes Currently in the Deanery of East Wivelshire
- Antony
- Botus Fleming
- Callington
- Calstock
- St Dominick
- St Germans
- St John
- Landrake with St Erney
- Landulphe
- Linkinhorn
- Maker with Rame
- St Mellion with Pillaton
- Millbrook
- Saltash
- Sheviock
- South Hill
- St Stephens by Saltash
- Torpoint.
